Mate, Relate and Communicate

With or without a sex educator in the room, it’s a topic youth want to process. It’s a kink requiring guidance globally.

Health

What Wasn't Working for You?

Yvonne K. Fulbright Ph.D., MSEd on August 11, 2020

Longing to reclaim your pre-COVID-19 routine? Be careful what you wish for.

Longing to reclaim your pre-COVID-19 routine? Be careful what you wish for.

Self-Help

Self-Care During Shutdown

Yvonne K. Fulbright Ph.D., MSEd on April 8, 2020

Sometimes, the best advice about how to take care of your “self” comes from within.

Sometimes, the best advice about how to take care of your “self” comes from within.

Attention

Are You Truly Listening?

Yvonne K. Fulbright Ph.D., MSEd on February 20, 2020

How present are you when it comes to engaging your partner? Here are tips for mindful and compassionate connection.

How present are you when it comes to engaging your partner? Here are tips for mindful and compassionate connection.

Sex

#MeTooReykjavik

Yvonne K. Fulbright Ph.D., MSEd on September 26, 2019

The first international #MeToo conference took place in Reykjavík, Iceland last week – a long-awaited event for activists wondering if the movement could have any more impact.

The first international #MeToo conference took place in Reykjavík, Iceland last week – a long-awaited event for activists wondering if the movement could have any more impact.

Relationships

10 Ways to Improve Any Relationship

Yvonne K. Fulbright Ph.D., MSEd on December 30, 2014

Healthy relationships depend on your ability to communicate your thoughts, desires, needs and issues. Here are some tips in getting you started.

Healthy relationships depend on your ability to communicate your thoughts, desires, needs and issues. Here are some tips in getting you started.

Dreading seeing your in-laws again? Here's how to manage.

Are you and your fiance on the same page when it comes to sex, money, children, etc.? Don't assume anything, lest find yourself in divorce court. Take the time to talk about the issues that often drive couples apart with these 25 critical questions...

It’s a part of practically every journalist’s interview on better sex: “But how do you do that without interrupting sex?” Sex is supposed to be seamless. But should it be?

Feeling the pressure to be everywhere this holiday? Here's how to handle parental expectations...

Marriage

How to Handle Your Monster-in-Law

Yvonne K. Fulbright Ph.D., MSEd on November 4, 2013

The strain that parents-in-law can put on a couple’s relationship is no laughing matter. It can, in fact, ultimately destroy a relationship. Here's how to cope.

The strain that parents-in-law can put on a couple’s relationship is no laughing matter. It can, in fact, ultimately destroy a relationship. Here's how to cope.

You've been doing everything right in handling your in-laws. You became a united front. You've set boundaries in protecting your family. So why are your in-laws still a pain?

Relationships

Have In-Law Issues?

Yvonne K. Fulbright Ph.D., MSEd on October 14, 2013

Do you get along with your mother-in-law? If you answered “yes,” consider yourself one of the lucky ones.

Do you get along with your mother-in-law? If you answered “yes,” consider yourself one of the lucky ones.

As a feminist and mother, I have caught myself off guard in using one term of endearment with my 14-month-old daughter. Along with “little angel,” “poopsie whoopsie,” “honey bunny,”… I’ve heard myself calling her a “princessa” (as said in my native tongue, Icelandic). Ack! How do I handle this??

How should you handle your baby's "stranger anxiety"? According to one expert and mum, you want to think twice before handing your infant over to anybody.

Nobody is a mind reader, and that comes to gift-giving as well. This season, don't be disappointed, doing more than just planting the seed...

Finding the desire, let alone energy, for sex following a pregnancy is one of the most impossible tasks facing new parents. Thankfully, there are things you can do to get the ball rolling.

What makes or breaks an "in love" relationship? Considering your needs and maturity levels is just a start.

What would you do if the power went out?

Think you and your partner are speaking the same language? That may not be the case when it comes to sex.